| Appropriateness of Crohn's disease therapy in gastroenterological rehabilitation. | |
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PMID: 20588039 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The treatment criteria developed by the European Panel on the Appropriateness of Crohn's Disease (CD) Therapy (EPACT) have not been applied to rehabilitation. Thus, we retrospectively evaluated appropriateness of treatments during CD rehabilitation using the EPACT website. METHODS: We included our 1-year inpatient rehabilitation patients that had been assigned the International Classification of Disease Code for CD. The appropriateness of treatment was assessed in CD categories exhibiting frequent treatment changes. Treatment plans were compared to EPACT recommendations. RESULTS: Charts of 337 proven CD patients (median age 42 [range 17-65] years, 250 women, median Crohn's Disease Activity Index 140 [range -3 to 427] units) were assigned to EPACT categories. The categories 'steroid-dependent' and 'steroid-refractory' exhibited frequent treatment changes. In these 59 patients, 16 treatments (13 azathioprine, 1 methotrexate, 2 infliximab) were rated as appropriate. One certolizumab treatment was uncertain. 22 treatments with azathioprine were inappropriate (21 due to underdosing), and 93 treatments (30 mesalamine, 59 steroid, 4 budesonide) were not rated. The number of differences between treatment plans and EPACT recommendations decreased from 45 to 25 in both CD categories (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: We introduce the EPACT website as a practical advance towards an optimal therapy in rehabilitants with steroid-dependent or -refractory CD. |
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Authors:
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Christoph Reichel; Jürgen Streit; Karin Ott; Steffen Wunsch |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-06-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Digestion Volume: 82 ISSN: 1421-9867 ISO Abbreviation: Digestion Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-08-27 Completed Date: 2011-01-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0150472 Medline TA: Digestion Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 239-45 Citation Subset: IM |
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Rehabilitation Centre Bad Brückenau, Clinic Hartwald, German Pension Insurance, Federal Office, Bad Brückenau, Germany. christoph.reichel@web.de |
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Adult Crohn Disease / classification, rehabilitation* Female Germany Humans Internet* Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Statistics, Nonparametric Treatment Outcome |
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